The City of Man: Paradiso
by Michael Harrington
Price: $4.99 USD. 39950 words.
Published on October 25, 2010. Fiction.
In Book III: Paradiso, Savonarola suffers setbacks in Florence but presses ahead to challenge Pope Alexander VI's rule in Rome. Machiavelli begins to assert his strategies of realpolitik to assure Florentine interests survive the battle between Savonarola and the pope. The dramatic conclusion of this classic tragedy captures imaginations to this day, more than 500 years later.
Location: United States
Member Since: Oct. 17, 2009
Michael Harrington
Biography
Michael Harrington has a wide-ranging background in the social sciences and the arts. He has earned advanced degrees in economics, finance and political science and has worked in the securities and venture capital industries as an investment portfolio manager and financial analyst. In more recent years he has taught political science as a lecturer at the University of California and worked as a research fellow and public policy analyst, conducting studies for several policy thinktanks.
His writings and research on political and economic issues have won several national awards and his opinions and letters have been published in a wide variety of national media journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
On the artistic side his interests encompass music composition and performance, photography, and writing. He has composed music, written a play, taught music and designed websites for his photography and fiction writing. He enjoys a life-long fascination with the Italian Renaissance, its art, culture, and politics. He has lived and studied near Florence, e lui parla italiano abbastanza bene. His encompassing interests in society and creativity directed him toward this fascinating story of Savonarola and Machiavelli, a story that strongly resonates with the modern world.
His writings and research on political and economic issues have won several national awards and his opinions and letters have been published in a wide variety of national media journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
On the artistic side his interests encompass music composition and performance, photography, and writing. He has composed music, written a play, taught music and designed websites for his photography and fiction writing. He enjoys a life-long fascination with the Italian Renaissance, its art, culture, and politics. He has lived and studied near Florence, e lui parla italiano abbastanza bene. His encompassing interests in society and creativity directed him toward this fascinating story of Savonarola and Machiavelli, a story that strongly resonates with the modern world.
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Books
The City of Man: Purgatorio
by Michael Harrington
Price: $4.99 USD. 92920 words. Published on October 25, 2010. Fiction.
In Book II: Purgatorio, Savonarola establishes a theocratic republic with Jesus Christ as King. He struggles with Florentine aristocrats to build a new republic based on God's laws as stated in the Bible. He becomes the most powerful leader in Florentine politics and organizes the Bonfire of the Vanities. Machiavelli allies with the powerful Soderini family to help steer Florentine politics.
Price: $4.99 USD. 92920 words. Published on October 25, 2010. Fiction.
In Book II: Purgatorio, Savonarola establishes a theocratic republic with Jesus Christ as King. He struggles with Florentine aristocrats to build a new republic based on God's laws as stated in the Bible. He becomes the most powerful leader in Florentine politics and organizes the Bonfire of the Vanities. Machiavelli allies with the powerful Soderini family to help steer Florentine politics.
The City of Man: Inferno
by Michael Harrington
Price: $4.99 USD. 88380 words. Published on October 25, 2010. Fiction.
In Book I: The Inferno, Fra Savonarola damns the societal decay of Florence under the rule of the Medici, first Lorenzo the Magnificent and then his son Piero. With his prophecies and charismatic preaching, Savonarola helps drive out the Medici after Lorenzo's death and Piero's downfall and foretells the coming of the Scourge of God. Machiavelli enters the story as an ambitious political operator.
Price: $4.99 USD. 88380 words. Published on October 25, 2010. Fiction.
In Book I: The Inferno, Fra Savonarola damns the societal decay of Florence under the rule of the Medici, first Lorenzo the Magnificent and then his son Piero. With his prophecies and charismatic preaching, Savonarola helps drive out the Medici after Lorenzo's death and Piero's downfall and foretells the coming of the Scourge of God. Machiavelli enters the story as an ambitious political operator.
The City of Man
by Michael Harrington
Price: $9.99 USD. 200360 words. Published on August 19, 2010. Fiction.
A Dantean trilogy of the last turbulent years of the 15th century in Renaissance Florence. Girolamo Savonarola and Niccolo Machiavelli are two fascinating and infamous characters who battle over competing visions for society. The story is driven by a dramatic sequence of events, from the fall of the Medici to the Bonfire of the Vanities, to the Trial by Fire and its dramatic conclusion.
Price: $9.99 USD. 200360 words. Published on August 19, 2010. Fiction.
A Dantean trilogy of the last turbulent years of the 15th century in Renaissance Florence. Girolamo Savonarola and Niccolo Machiavelli are two fascinating and infamous characters who battle over competing visions for society. The story is driven by a dramatic sequence of events, from the fall of the Medici to the Bonfire of the Vanities, to the Trial by Fire and its dramatic conclusion.
Saving Mona Lisa
by Michael Harrington
Price: $9.99 USD. 64360 words. Published on August 11, 2010. Nonfiction.
Saving Mona Lisa is the story of Leonardo da Vinci and two of his apprentices clashing over the ultimate fate of a painting that had achieved great renown soon after everyone thought it was finished...everyone, that is, except Leonardo.
Price: $9.99 USD. 64360 words. Published on August 11, 2010. Nonfiction.
Saving Mona Lisa is the story of Leonardo da Vinci and two of his apprentices clashing over the ultimate fate of a painting that had achieved great renown soon after everyone thought it was finished...everyone, that is, except Leonardo.